1. Honourable Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi launched the PM-KISAN scheme on 24th February 2019 at Gorakhpur to electronically transfer the first instalment of Rs 2,021 crore directly into the bank accounts of 1,010,6,880 (One crore one lakh six thousand eight hundred eighty) eligible farmers of 24 States and Union Territories. Under the Scheme, Rs 6,000 will be given each year to eligible Small and Marginal Farmer families having combined land holding/ownership of upto 2 hectares. The amount will be given in three instalments of Rs.2000 each.
2. The Direct Benefit Transfer under the scheme PM-KISAN is being done through the system of Public Finance Management System (PFMS), a web-based payment and MIS IT application of Government of India administered by Controller General of Accounts (CGA). DBT process through PFMS ensures digitally authenticated payments, without any manual intervention, directly into the bank accounts of the beneficiaries in a transparent manner and without any delay. The integration of PFMS with about 273 banks enables validation of bank account details of beneficiaries before making payments directly into their bank accounts. All DBT payments for Government of India schemes are being done through PFMS.
3. For PM-KISAN scheme, the PFMS team managed the process in the very short time available. The scheme was announced on 1st February 2019 and by 24th February 2019 the work of configuration of a separate server, creation of scheme, registration of State/UTagencies, validation of bank accounts of beneficiaries, issuance of payment orders and transfer of funds to sponsor banks, NPCI and finally into beneficiaries’ accounts was completed without any slippage. PFMS team was constantly following up with Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Financial Services, and 202 banks of beneficiaries, the RBI and NPCI to ensure smooth operationalisation. In the next few weeks, the process of bank account validation and direct transfer of first instalment into the bank accounts of all remaining identified eligible beneficiaries (total around 12 crore beneficiaries all across the country) shall be completed. This will be a record Direct Benefit Transfer volume of transactions under any one scheme of Government of India.
4. The successful operationalisation of electronic transfer of funds to a large number of beneficiaries of this magnitude under the scheme PM-KISAN by PFMS within a a very short timeline is a glorious achievement of PFMS, which has further reinforced the Digital India initiative of the Government.
Courtesy: pib.gov.in
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